You wouldn't know it from the upbeat melody, but "Walkin' On The Sun" by Smash Mouth is about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
Kesha's 2017 track "Woman" was the first song titled "Woman" sung by a woman to reach the Hot 100. The prior "Woman" singles to reach the chart were all recorded by male acts.
Elton John's "Rocket Man" is based on a Ray Bradbury story called The Rocket Man published in 1951.
In the UK, the first #1 hit with a rap was "Candy Girl" by the American boy band New Edition in 1983.
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson was 2015's best-selling single in both the U.S. and U.K.
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" is the most performed holiday song of all time, according to a Top 30 list released by the performance rights organization ASCAP in December 2014.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
Did Eric Clapton really write "Cocaine" while on cocaine? This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction.
Here's what happens when an opening act is really out of place with the headliner, like when Beastie Boys opened for Madonna.
Bob was the bass player and lyricist for the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums. Here's how he wrote songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" with Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
The original voice of Snap! this story is filled with angry drag queens, video impersonators and Chaka Khan.
